Objective Systems Integrators (OSI) is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports software products which automate the monitoring, control, delivery, and management of services for

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service providers A service provider (SP) is an organization that provides services, such as consulting, legal, real estate, communications, storage, and processing services, to other organizations. Although a service provider can be a sub-unit of the organization t ...

including: *

Wireless Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...

IPTV Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is the delivery of television content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. This is in contrast to delivery through traditional terrestrial, satellite, and cable television formats. Unlike downloaded med ...

* Transmission

OSI was acquired by MYCOM and MYCOM OSI was formed in 2014.

History

Sobha Group ownership

OSI, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sobha Group, develops and markets an OSS suite targeted for Communications Service Providers. February 2008, Longview Software and OSI sign an Asset Purchase Agreement for OSI to acquire Longview intellectual property, products and technology. Longview software is a maker of off-the-shelf tools and custom applications that add value to many Operational Support System (OSS) and Business Support System (BSS) frameworks in the telecommunications industry.

Agilent Technologies ownership

Agilent acquired OSI in January 2001 for approximately $665 million. Agilent subsequently built an OSS business around this and other technology, but decided in 2007 to exit this market segment and focus on its test and measurement and life sciences businesses."Agilent acquired OSI" in ''Telephony''
McElligott, April 18, 2007. 2001–2007, OSI is acquired by

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to help integrate Test and Measurement into the OSS market. OSI was under Agilent's OSS Division (Assurance Services Division) as a NETeXPERT Business Unit.

Pre-Agilent history

During the period of 1995–2001, OSI was traded on NASDAQ as OSII. OSI introduces the MASTER series of products to the market aligned around key technology areas such as fixed line networks,

SONET Synchronous optical networking (SONET) and synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) are standardized protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams synchronously over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light from light-emitting diode ...

/SDH network, and wireless networks. In 1997 OSI reached its 100th worldwide

communications service provider A telephone company, also known as a telco, telephone service provider, or telecommunications operator, is a kind of communications service provider (CSP), more precisely a telecommunications service provider (TSP), that provides telecommunica ...

(CSP) customer base. 1998–2001, OSI’s NetExpert Virtual Service Management (VSM), and Virtual Process Management (VPM) frameworks leverage the UMA (Unified Management Architecture). OSI introduces several new applications in key

Communications Service Provider A telephone company, also known as a telco, telephone service provider, or telecommunications operator, is a kind of communications service provider (CSP), more precisely a telecommunications service provider (TSP), that provides telecommunica ...

functional areas namely

Fault management In network management, fault management is the set of functions that detect, isolate, and correct malfunctions in a telecommunications network, compensate for environmental changes, and include maintaining and examining error logs, accepting and ...

Performance Management Performance management (PM) is the process of ensuring that a set of activities and outputs meets an organization's goals in an effective and efficient manner. Performance management can focus on the performance of a whole organization, a ...

, Configuration Management, and Accounting Management.

Products

OSI launches NetExpert Neon May 2009 for service assurance solutions focused on services and customers: **Service Health - Service Quality and Impact management leveraging industry standard portal technology for a holistic view of critical customer services. **Customer Health - Customer SLA, Experience Analysis, and Insight of corporations, groups within corporations, and individuals.

Reference Books

*Plunkett, J (1996). "Plunkett's Infotech Industry Almanac" - Page 7
Books
*Minoli, D, Golway, T, and Smith, N (1996) "Planning and Managing ATM Networks"
Google Books
Prentice Hall PTR. *Terplan, K (1998). "Telecom Operations Management Solutions with NetExpert
AmazonGoogle Books
CRC Press LLC *Terplan, K (1999). "Web-Based Systems & Network Management" - Page 18
Google Books
*Terplan, K (1999). "Applications for Distributed Systems and Network Management" - Page 10
Google Books
Van Nostrand Reinhold

References

{{reflist Telecommunications companies of the United States Telephony software Software companies based in California Defunct software companies of the United States